A PAIR OF NAPOLEON III ORMOLU AND HARDSTONE-MOUNTED, EBONY AND EBONISED SIDE CABINETS

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£ 22 500
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25.02.2021 06:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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United Kingdom, London
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Lot 103 | A PAIR OF NAPOLEON III ORMOLU AND HARDSTONE-MOUNTED, EBONY AND EBONISED SIDE CABINETS
Each with a rectangular black Belgium marble top above a stiff-leaf cast frieze and central door decorated with a ribbon-hung roundel applied in relief with pietre duredepicting a bouquet of flowers and a perched bird, cornered by further pietre dureplaques of fruiting branches and enclosing two shelves, flanked by Bacchic herm figures, the sides centred by Bacchic masks, the rectangular base fronted by floral rosettes, the door to one with paper label marked 'FROM/ A. JOSEPH,/ IMPORTER OF WORKS OF ART/ 27, NEW BOND ST.', the reverse to the other partial old label '... POSITORY...'
481/2 in. (123 cm.) high; 41 in. (104 cm.) wide; 161/2 in. (42 cm.) deep
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